While now not ruling out a return to Star Wars somewhere down the line (“Never say never, but I want to direct again. Not right now”), Tony Gilroy discussed Andor, a show jam-packed with incredible characters, a captivating storyline and direct links to one of the all-time movie greats. A highlight of the two seasons was the great moments key characters had. From Luthen Rael’s speech to Lonni Jung, to Maarva Andor’s funeral hologram, Orson Krennic’s unnerving finger on the head of Dedra Meero to Mon Mothma’s galaxy-changing speech to the senate, the show was loaded with indelible speeches and talking at the recent Paley Center event, Gilroy gave us all an insight into the scenes he felt worked best.
Gilroy also shared his favorite scene from the series — which wrapped up its second and final season earlier this month — and the one he was most disappointed not to have included: “Eedy coming for lunch, coming over to Dedre’s apartment. I could write Eedy all day. I was so disappointed I couldn’t get Eedy going to Luthen’s gallery. I was like, ‘Oh, my God, that’s a half-hour scene.’ I really wish I could have written that.”
Luna, who plays series hero Cassian Andor, shared his favorite scene, which came at a decidedly more dramatic moment in the story.
“The whole Ghorman massacre was so intense, deep and emotional,” he told THR. “It was definitely something I’m not going to forget. There were shots where everything was happening at the same time. There were moments when there were multiple cameras and we were executing the whole thing with all the extras, stunts, the effects and fires and detonations and fights. It looked incredible.”
